IRIS
Tribute to a great friend
"Billy was my best friend ever since i was a young boy. We shared out passion for music together. Billy helped me start writing the lyrics for IRIS so it was only right for us to dedicate the music video to him"
Cassius Bambino, Lead band member
Billy Childs: Songwriter and friend
THE BLACK SPOTS
“Billy was the best songwriter I have ever worked with. He was an inspiration to all of us and we miss him dearly.”
Lara Lizardo, Singer for the black spots
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Cassius Bambino
Cassius has loved music his whole life, he went on to study music at London college of music (LCM). He has always had an aspiration and a dream to start a band.
Cassius was born in Essex; he is 22 years old and is the lead singer of the band he created the black spots.
Cassius says that his inspiration to start music came from the Kaiser Chiefs which is his favourite band. His favourite song is i predict a riot as he always used to Jam out to it growing up.
Neal Lizardo
Neal Lizardo is the drummer in the band.
Neal was born in London he is 21 years old and was discovered by the band after he was busking in the street using bins for drums.
Neal Lizardo's inspiration to start drumming came from his idol the legendary Taylor Hawkins, who was the drummer for foo fighters, but sadly passed in 2021.
Lara Lizardo
Lara is the youngest member of the group at 19 years old. She is actually the younger sibling of Neal the drummer.
Lara was born in London; she has an amazing singing voice and is a great member of the group with a bubbly personality.
Lara says that her inspiration to start music came from Taylor swift who she has posters of in her room. Her favourite song is bad blood she always heard signing this song.
Sheamus Dudley
Sheamus grew up in Northern Ireland before moving to England at the age of 24. He is the oldest member in the group as he is 25.
Cassius met him when he was doing a rendition of Arctic monkeys in a local pub. Just like Alex turner he is a ladies man
Sheamus is a huge fan of the Arctic monkeys and has been trying to get into a band ever since he came to England last year. His favourite song is when the sun goes down.
Now that you know a bit more about us check out our band interview where we answer this or that questions given to us by the fans.
We adore our fans so answering these questions was a real pleasure go and check out out the new YouTube video now!!!!
